History Of The Air Force

The Air Force was established August 1, 1907. When the military demanded that we have something that would take care of the issuses in the sky. The first airplane was tested at Fort Meyer, VA on August 20, 1908. The Orville Wright was the first plane ever but it crashed and killed the pilot Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge. The Air Force then broke apart and became there own branch of military on July 26, 1947. The 1st aero squadrant which was the very first squad to take on actual missions led the whole Air Force in World War I. By the time World War I broke out the Air Force had pilot school and many other advances that they did not have before. These are some of the important events that happened in the Air Force history that helped shape it today.